Site organization

The homepage of the site is divided in areas showed in next image. Click a number to read more about each area.

Areas de 1 thru 5 and area 13 are visible in all pages of the site. Other areas are visible only in the homepage. To go to the hompega click the BC logo (area 3).

Government bar

This bar identifies websites that are part of the Federal Government. It hast two links:

a) The Ministry of Finance website - on the left.

b) The official Brasilian Government website - on the right.

Navigation bar

Enables users to quickly access pages of frequent use.

BC logo

The logo of Banco Central do Brasil is present in all pages. You can click it to go to the homepage.

Seach engine

A seach engine is available on top of each page. It has the following characteristics:

a) Autocompletion. While you are typing some alternatives tha may match your search are suggested (below the search box). You can select one of the them by clicking it. Press the button to search site contents.

b) After pressing the button to search, a new page is open with the search results:

i. on the left side results found are presented.

ii. on the right side some filters are presented.

Basic search

Type the words to be searched. Examples: exchange; inflation.

You can type also word fragments. Examples: searching for ance, you can find finance, maintenance, refinanced and balance.

Other databases are available for searchs. They use specific interface. Example: Time series

Advanced search

Clicking Advanced search, user will have the following aditional options:

a) "With word(s)": finds documents with the especified word(s).

b) "With expression": finds documents with the exact expression.

c) "Without the word(s)": will show only documents that don't have these words.

d) "Document type": will show only documents that are files of the selected tipe (doc; pdf, HTML...)

e) "Published within the dates": will show only documents that were published between the especified dates. Last date is optional.

f) "Result list order": will show first documents as selected.

Horizontal menu

The main menu is shown at the top of every page of the site. It presents the subjects available.